Medicine (Baltimore)
Propranolol plus endoscopic ligation for variceal bleeding in patients with significant ascites: Propensity score matching analysis.
Yoo JJ, Kim SG, Kim YS, Lee B, Jeong SW, Jang JY, Lee SH, Kim HS, Jun BG, Kim YD, Cheon GJ
The use of beta-blockers in decompensated cirrhosis accompanying ascites is still under debate. The aim of this study was to compare overall survival ...
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J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 2020 Jan 27
Long-Term Outcomes and Health Perceptions in Pediatric-Onset Portal Hypertension Complicated by Varices.
Luoto T, Koivusalo A, Pakarinen M
Outcomes of pediatric-onset portal hypertension are poorly defined. We aimed assess population-based long-term outcomes of pediatric-onset portal hype ...
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Nat Rev Nephrol 2020 Jan 27
Author Correction: Reappraising the spectrum of AKI and hepatorenal syndrome in patients with cirrhosis.
Velez JCQ, Therapondos G, Juncos LA
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...
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Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Treatment for ascites in adults with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a network meta-analysis.
Benmassaoud A, Freeman SC, Roccarina D, Plaz Torres MC, Sutton AJ, Cooper NJ, Iogna Prat L, Cowlin M, Milne EJ, Hawkins N, Davidson BR, Pavlov CS, Thorburn D, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS
Approximately 20% of people with cirrhosis develop ascites. Several different treatments are available; including, among others, paracentesis plus flu ...
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Medicine (Baltimore)
The postoperative hepatic artery resistance index after living donor liver transplantation can predict early allograft dysfunction.
Lv T, Kong L, Yang J, Wu H, Wen T, Jiang L, Yang J
To investigate whether postoperative hepatic hemodynamics have an impact on graft function.Using a retrospective cohort with 262 adult living donor li ...
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